Parent SEL Series: Building Grit & Resilience: Helping Kids Navigate Challenge and Grow

In this engaging and practical parent presentation, therapist and school counselor Chantell Prestcott-Hollander, LCPC, NCC, explores what grit and resilience really look like in children and adolescents, and the important role parents play in helping them develop both.

Drawing from research, clinical practice, and more than two decades of experience working with children and families, Chantell will examine how our well-intentioned efforts to protect children from struggle can sometimes interfere with the very skills we want them to develop.

Parents will leave with practical strategies for knowing when to step in and when to step back, helping children tolerate frustration and uncertainty, responding constructively to mistakes and setbacks, and fostering confidence, perseverance, healthy coping, and a growing sense of independence.

Chantell Prestcott-Hollander, M.Ed., LCPC, NCC, is a licensed clinical therapist, nationally certified counselor, school counselor, educator, parent, and founder of The StrongHER Initiative®. She currently leads the Lower School Student Support Team and is the Lower School Counselor at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and has more than 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, parents, and educators in public and independent-school settings.

Chantell’s work integrates child development, behavioral science, trauma-informed counseling, and practical approaches to building resilience, emotional regulation, healthy relationships, boundaries, and self-advocacy. In addition to her clinical and school-based work, she regularly presents to parents, educators, students, and professional communities on resilience, mental health, social-emotional development, and the challenges facing children and families today.